• schmidtster@lemmy.world
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    I don’t think most of those people who were questioned realize the monarchy is nothing but a figure and holds essentially no power, even though they do need to ratify stuff.

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      1 year ago

      I imagine they do realize that but then follow that thought up with, “So why are we continuing with this…?”

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        1 year ago

        Just because a warplane has an ejection seat doesn’t mean you HAVE to use it. It’s just a pretty good option in some cases in order to save the pilot.

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      Okay I know that “I’m smarter than everybody” is popular on sites like this but you can’t be serious in thinking that the average person thinks the King of England has real practical usable political power in Canada.

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        A lot of people do, no different than people thinking the premier wields absolutely power as well. These people exist.